Maya Angelou Collection at Swann
Last week 15 September, the art collection of Maya Angelou was presented for auction at Swann Galleries in New York. Forty four works of art were sold valuing $1,289,450 million dollars. Among the great black master artists in Ms. Angelou’s collections were serigraphs by Jacob Lawrence, collage works and watercolor drawings in red by Romare Bearden, beautiful lithographs by Elizabeth Catlett, a wonderful painting by John Biggers and a quilt by Faith Ringgold. Also in Ms. Angelou’s collection were paintings by contemporary artists Jonathan Green, Charley Palmer, Alonzo Adams, and James Mckissic. All can be seen here at Swann Galleries.
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